The Nottingham Arboretum (1852): Natural history, leisure and public culture in a Victorian regional centre

Urban History

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-71

  Elliott, Paul ^a   Daniels, Stephen ^b   Watkins, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN HISTORY; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN SOCIETY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NOTTINGHAM [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 40349086057     PISSN: 09639268     EISSN: 14698706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963926807005172     Document Type: Article

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